[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 20, Volume 3] [Revised as of April 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 20CFR1002] [Page 1130] TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 1002_REGULATIONS UNDER THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT OF 1994--Table of Contents Subpart C_Eligibility For Reemployment Sec. 1002.101 Does the five-year service limit include periods of service that the employee performed when he or she worked for a previous employer? No. An employee is entitled to a leave of absence for uniformed service for up to five years with each employer for whom he or she works. When the employee takes a position with a new employer, the five- year period begins again regardless of how much service he or she performed while working in any previous employment relationship. If an employee is employed by more than one employer, a separate five-year period runs as to each employer independently, even if those employers share or co-determine the employee's terms and conditions of employment.